Standardisation plays a vital role in ensuring that products developed for one market can be sold in others with no, or minimal, modification to the production process. Its impact is huge in the mobile communications sector, where it has helped the industry evolve to the extent that it touches everything from healthcare to commerce.
Standardisation forms a collection of blueprints for the mobile industry and connected technologies such as IoT devices, encouraging competition by establishing a level playing field as well as helping the market as a whole to innovate in ways that meet consumers’ evolving needs.
Let me share some thoughts on how mobile standardisation is likely to progress over the next three to five years, relating to innovation, security and climate.
Greater competition among manufacturers is a key benefit of standardisation within the mobile industry. With common standards in place, manufacturers don’t have to create proprietary technologies...